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**thehhhyips** · 06-15-2012, 01:37 PM

Swings and roundabouts - some exploration is certainly the province of un-manned missions as the environment and/or logistics would be fatal or extremely dangerous for humans. On the other hand, some experimentation is best done by man as there aren't the mechanisms to do the work.
For me, the ISS is as much an inspriration and symbol of man's place in space as it is a pure research tool. Consider it baby steps on the way to the rest of the solar system, as different investigations are made about the affect micro-gravity has on the human body. It's critical that the many debilitating side affects are countered and/or suitable treatments are developed as otherwise mankind will be stuck until a drive can be developed that can sustain a significant 'G' to replicate earth's gravity, a structure large enough to provide sufficient centrifugal force to act as a 'G' loading or some form of artificial gravity is developed.
The other advantage of unmanned exploration is that the robotics are cheaper to produce, smaller (smaller launch vehicles) and, perhaps most important in our lamentably modern PC world, where risk is unacceptable, they are disposable if something goes wrong.
heck, it's almost 40 years since man last set foot on the Moon - by this stage we should have had a well established base there and be exploring the rest of the Solar System. part of that, I imagine, is that there are numerous hostile countries that would see that as being a threat - kinetic weapons, anyone?

Sparrow, could you please provide the source of that quotation, I'd like to read in in it's entirity?

06-15-2012, 01:37 PM	#33
thehhhyips Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 424 Senior Member	Swings and roundabouts - some exploration is certainly the province of un-manned missions as the environment and/or logistics would be fatal or extremely dangerous for humans. On the other hand, some experimentation is best done by man as there aren't the mechanisms to do the work. For me, the ISS is as much an inspriration and symbol of man's place in space as it is a pure research tool. Consider it baby steps on the way to the rest of the solar system, as different investigations are made about the affect micro-gravity has on the human body. It's critical that the many debilitating side affects are countered and/or suitable treatments are developed as otherwise mankind will be stuck until a drive can be developed that can sustain a significant 'G' to replicate earth's gravity, a structure large enough to provide sufficient centrifugal force to act as a 'G' loading or some form of artificial gravity is developed. The other advantage of unmanned exploration is that the robotics are cheaper to produce, smaller (smaller launch vehicles) and, perhaps most important in our lamentably modern PC world, where risk is unacceptable, they are disposable if something goes wrong. heck, it's almost 40 years since man last set foot on the Moon - by this stage we should have had a well established base there and be exploring the rest of the Solar System. part of that, I imagine, is that there are numerous hostile countries that would see that as being a threat - kinetic weapons, anyone? Sparrow, could you please provide the source of that quotation, I'd like to read in in it's entirity?
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